SO0008 : Gritstone slabs

3 km from Cefn-Coed-y-Cymmer, Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful, Great Britain

Gritstone slabs
Gritstone slabs
The whole area is underlain by hard conglomeratic gritstone whose upper surface has been ice-smoothed. It lies inches below the soil surface within the forest and, being almost pure quartz, offers little in the way of nutrients to the plants as it very slowly disintegrates.
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SO0008, 4 images   (more nearby - lo-fi)
Photographer
Alan Bowring   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
Friday, 22 August, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 22 August, 2008
Category
Rock outcrop   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 004 086 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:46.0533N 3:26.6507W
Photographer Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 004 086
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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